12 June 2002
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: having lunch with mother
Big news day: Mechanical Override 'Come Home' feature is provided by a clutch in each actuator
Missile defense program grows in secrecy.
U.S. refuses to touch Russian Army's human-rights abuses in Chechnya.
Woody settles lawsuit with Doumanian.
Investigation finds 'W' keys stolen from keyboards, graffiti left behind in the White House transition from Clinton to Bush.
North Korea hosts birthday party for dead President, inviting everyone but the Americans.
New tide in books: boss-screwing, written by underlings. Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter worked into murderous rage over portrayal as 'taking himself--and celebrities--too seriously,' though feels therapy is best treatment for anger late in life.
Calling print fetishists, paper nuts, and admirers of the queer and miniature: Tiny Envelope.
Glad to hear: Serial comma loved, protected.
Correction: Full House not built by one man (see bottom of page).
Just as The New Yorker declares contemporary fiction needing time before harvest (see second item, proven in this week's disappointing issue with yet another story by Steve Martin), new collection released: Twelve Times Lost, eleven stories, one dollar.
